Pickpocket Avoidance - Hopefully

[Riverkilt]

Wasn't long ago Alex was sharing his sad kilted experience with pickpockets.

With a trip coming up next month wanted to figure out a way to keep my money and important papers safe from pickpockets while kilted.

The Utilikilts Survivor II and Mocker have front pockets so deep I have to lean over to reach the bottom. A good solution, but I don't own either any more and don't wanna buy one.

I've hunted the Internet for just about every under the clothing hideaway gadget and gimmick made. They all seem difficult to access while kilted.

Then I read something about keeping your wallet in your front pocket for pickpocket safety and something clicked. Realized I could cut down an old pair of cut off jeans so I had only the waistband and front pockets left and wear it inconspicuously under my kilts.

Anyone wanting to access my hidden stuff would first have to raise my kilt then access my front pockets. Pretty obvious stuff - if they even realized it was under the kilt. And it was free. All I had to do was take some scissors to some old cut offs.

Not a difficult do it yourself project, but hopefully effective.









I know many kiltmakers make kilts with hidden pockets. But this way I don't have to buy a lot of pocketed kilts for one trip. Just wear this rig with the kilts I already have. Pics are with my new USA Kilts Casual in MacPherson Hunting.

And, despite the easy access for me, probably wisest only to access it in private so as not to give away the secret. And, by splitting the assets in two pockets - even if a pickpocket figured out I was wearing something under the kilt and was bold and talented enough to pick one pocket - I'd still have reserves in the second pocket. And in case of a mugging - the mugger might never suspect I was wearing such a device. Can put a "dummy" wallet in the sporran with a few bucks in it.